Crime, Police

Police say they’ve arrested two men after witnesses spotted an apparently armed pair at Westboro Beach Sunday.Police were alerted at 12:49 p.m. and the beach cleared while officers located them. The two men, both 18, were arrested and a weapon was recovered.

Police have linked a Kanata swarming to one of a group of youths already charged in connection with a string of violent robberies in the south end.They’re urging anyone who was the victim of a similar unreported crime to come forward, noting they have cell phones whose rightful owner has yet to be identified.

Police with the MRC des Collines in Quebec stopped an allegedly drunk driver on Wednesday at around 3:15 p.m. on Route 307 near Val des Monts.Police said Thursday this was the fifth drinking driving arrest for the man, 55.He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and fined $3,214.His identity was not released.

Police are looking for a woman accused of stealing into a Bells Corners home and making off with a TV as the occupant slept.The break and enter unit is investigating the Aug. 29 daytime burglary on Oberon Street. The woman allegedly entered through an unlocked door and took a large flat-screen television before escaping with it in a taxi.

Police are hunting a newer white Jeep Cherokee from which a minimum of 17 rounds were fired early Thursday morning, wounding two bystanders outside a Kanata bar.Investigators with the guns and gangs unit revealed the new information Friday in hopes the public will help them track down the vehicle used in the drive-by shooting.

Ottawa police now say two men were shot in a
drive-by incideng outside of a Kanata bar early
Thursday morning.
At least one of the victims was an 28-year-old
off-duty member of the British military who was
in the capital to attend the annual shooting
competition at Connaught Ranges and Primary
Training Centre in Shirley’s Bay.

Ottawa OPP officers are looking for the driver of a speeding black SUV who – literally – left an officer in the dust Tuesday.An officer was doing traffic enforcement on the westbound Highway 417 at the Kinburn Side Road at about 1:17 p.m. when he clocked a black Audi Q5 at 159 km/h in a 100 km/h zone.

An Etobicoke man is now charged with careless driving after a crash near Perth that killed a 49-year-old cyclist.Lanark County OPP said Monday that their investigation revealed that Perth resident Christopher Smith, 49, suffered his fatal injuries when he was struck by an eastbound GMC cub van as he cycled east on Highway 7 east of Perth.

More than 40 bullet casings have been recovered by Ottawa police after a 3 a.m. shootout Saturday between rival gunmen firing from their cars near the Algonquin College campus.
One person suffered minor injuries in the mayhem; he was taken to hospital, treated and released.

Four West Quebec residents have been arrested on drug trafficking charges after Gatineau and Sûreté du Québec officers spread out with seven search warrants Wednesday.The officers searched homes on Gillies and Bélanger streets in Buckingham, and in Mulgrave and Derry, a village north of Buckingham.

An Ottawa basketball coach has been charged with sexual offenses against a woman under the age of 18.Dejan Tanasijevic, 62-years-old, is a well known coach and personal trainer in the women’s basketball community.

A 51-year-old man suffered what were described as “minor” stab wounds in a fight in the ByWard Market Monday night.Police said the victim was taken to hospital after the altercation on York Street around 9 p.m.The second man in the fight was arrested at the scene.An investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Ottawa police are warning residents about an alleged swarming involving a woman who faked distress on the side of the road to lure a Good Samaritan back to her car, where he was robbed by her accomplices.

Police are hunting for a purse-snatcher who left a woman in her 70s with a leg fracture suffered during the struggle for her bag.It happened on July 4 at about 2:55 p.m.The woman was standing on Rideau Street near Nelson Street when the man grabbed her purse, dragging her to the ground.

The Ontario Provincial Police hopes to drum up some new leads in a 42-year-old cold case involving the discovery of a body in the Nation River just outside of Casselman.The victim was pulled from the river on May 3, 1975 by a farmer.

Ottawa police guns and gangs squad is investigating a case of shots fired in the Heron Park area Monday night.Police were called to Rockingham Avenue at about 9 p.m. by reports of gunfire.Witnesses reported that the dispute was between individuals in two cars, although it’s uncertain whether the shots were fired from one vehicle or both.

Mohamad S. Barkhadle looked confused Thursday as he appeared in an Ottawa court on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of the woman whose toddler son spent 10 days fending for himself after her death. Barkhadle, 31, winced and shook his head repeatedly as the charge was read.

Ottawa police have issued new security camera photos of suspects sought in a series of commercial break-and-enters between June 6 and July 10.The B&Es occurred at three times at a business on the 600 block of Eagleson Road, as well as individual break-ins at the 1500 block of Laperriere Avenue and the 200 block of Iber Road.